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    The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home"
    The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home"
    The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home"
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    The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home"

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      The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home" - Archive Classics

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      Discover the Author of The Peacock At Home, by Unknown

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      Title: The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of The Peacock At Home

      Author: Unknown

      Release Date: December 13, 2007 [EBook #23847]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PEACOCK AND PARROT ***

      Produced by David Wilson and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was

      produced from images generously made available by The

      Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

      i FRONTISPIECE.

      1 THE

      PEACOCK AND PARROT,

      ON THEIR TOUR

      TO DISCOVER

      THE AUTHOR OF

      THE PEACOCK AT HOME.

      ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS.

      London:

      PRINTED FOR J. HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL’S.

      1816.

      2 H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge Street , Blackfriars, London.

      3 ADVERTISEMENT.

      THE little Poem now presented to the Public, was intended for publication immediately after the appearance of the Peacock at Home, but from various causes, was laid aside till now. In the opinion of the Publisher, however, it is so nearly allied in point of merit to that celebrated Trifle, that he is induced, although at this late period, to print it with a few appropriate embellishments.

      5 THE

      PEACOCK, &c.

      YE votaries of Fashion, who have it to boast,

      That your names to posterity will not be lost;

      That the last Morning Chronicle due honor paid

      To the still-blooming Dowager’s gay Masquerade;

      That the Minister’s Dinner has blaz’d in the Times,

      That the Countess’s Gala has jingled in rhymes;

      Oh! tell me, who would not endeavour to please,

      And exert ev’ry nerve, for rewards such as these?

      6 It was early in Spring—but no matter what year,

      That the Peacock, delighting in noise, and good cheer,

      Determin’d,

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